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Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)

Directed by Jack Starrett, Ralph Senensky

Overview

The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes “The Horse Race” and “The Tyrant”]

Length 90 minutes

Actors

Ron Harper | James Naughton | Mark Lenard | John Hoyt | Meegan King | Morgan Woodward | Roddy McDowall | Klair Bybee | Michael Conrad | James Daughton | Richard Devon | Wesley Fuller | Joseph Ruskin